clean drinking water being poured into a glass

New EPA rules mean less lead is allowed in drinking water

From:

90.5 WESA

Originally Published:

January 6, 2021

Excerpt:

Pittsburgh Public Schools administrators are assessing when to bring some students back to schools; A local environmental advocacy group weighs in on the Environmental Protection Agency’s updated rules for lead and copper and Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority’s work on reducing lead in drinking water; and Erie voters with differing political views discuss the results of the general election.

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